13 Union ministers bite the dust as Modi magic fails

BJP heavyweights Smriti Irani, Arjun Munda, Ajay Mishra Teni and Kailash Chaudhary were among the 13 Union ministers who tasted defeat in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, as stunning losses in three......

Firing outside Salman's home: Cops claim 'international link'

The Mumbai police on Thursday told a court in Mumbai that there is a possibility of an 'international connection' in the recent firing outside Bollywood actor Salman Khan's residence. IMAGE:......

Snake venom case: Youtuber Elvish Yadav sent to 14-day jail

Controversial Youtuber Elvish Yadav was arrested on Sunday by the Noida police in connection with a probe into the suspected use of snake venom as a recreational drug at a party in Noida four......

India's Untold Nepal Stories

In 2017, a retired R&AW officer conveyed that Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was keen to get monarchy restored in Nepal and suggested that I support these efforts. A fascinating......

Don't expect power cuts this summer

Reservoirs are brimming with water and higher coal stocks at power plants have improved the prospects for electricity generation this summer. An ongoing slump in power demand has nearly halved the......

Bollywood's BEST Songs of 2017

Sukanya Verma lists her top 15 songs of the year. At the risk of sounding like one of those perennially discontent oldies frowning upon all things new, I will admit that the Hindi film music scene......

Will POW bring back great story telling to television?

'Nikkhil Advani's POW shows a director's deft touch and is a promising start of a great story, top notch acting talent and a great behind the scenes production team,' notes film director Suparn......

'I don't like the Indian style of acting'

After working on Mr India and Sagar, Partho Sen-Gupta left to study filmmaking in France at 26. He returns with the dark and moody Sunrise. Partho Sen-Gupta worked as an art director on major......

National awards 2015: 'Kangna you are a Queen!'

A look at the top tweets from your Bollywood celebrities: The 2015 National Awards have been announced. Kangana Ranaut picked up the Best Actress nod for Queen while Vishal Bhardwaj's......

World Jr Chess: Harshit Pawar shocks top seed USA's Mishra

IMAGE: Image used for representational purposes. Photograph: International Chess Federation/Instagram Playing the game of his life, India's Harshit Pawar shocked top seed and youngest ever......

Ranji: Bengal close in on innings win over Haryana

IMAGE: Delhi's Divij Mehra scalped two wickets off consecutive deliveries to dismiss Armaan Jaffer and Sarfaraz Khan. Photograph: BCCI Domestic/Twitter Pacer Akash Deep continued to shine with the......

Ranji Trophy: Akash Deep's five-for rocks Haryana

IMAGE: Skipper Himmat Singh (65*) and Vaibhav Rawal (68*) led the charge for Delhi as they took an innings lead against Mumbai. Photograph: BCCI Domestic/Twitter Pacer Akash Deep grabbed a......

Ranji: Shaw hits 240 to prop Mumbai

A round-up of all Ranji matches played on Tuesday. IMAGE: Prithvi Shaw struck a career-best 240 on Tuesday. Photograph: PTI Himachal Pradesh pace bowler Vaibhav Arora grabbed his third five-wicket......

Ranji: Himachal bat with purpose after first innings debacle

A summary of the Ranji Trophy matches played on Wednesday. IMAGE: Harshit Rana the pick of the bowlers for Delhi with figures of 3-73 against Tamil Nadu on Day 2 of their Ranji Trophy tie on......